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7th edition of Social Business Exposure Program (SBEP) fall 2017 held on 24-25 November at the Permanent Campus of Daffodil International University (DIU). The program was organized by Social Business Students’ Forum (SBSF), DIU. 40 participants from Bangladesh, Somalia, Sri Lanka & Taiwan also took part in this program. The whole program was organized upholding SBSF’s motto ‘learn with fun’ encouraging young people to become social business entrepreneurs and contribute to the world, rather than…

For the first time ever summer program in Bangladesh. The International Social Business Summer Program 2017 (ISBSP) was held from July 22 to August 1, 2017 in the lush green campus of Daffodil International University (DIU) with the motto “Social Business Entrepreneurs for Better World”. Young minds from eight different countries that are China, Turkey, Indonesia, Nepal, Malaysia, Nigeria, Somalia and Bangladesh came together to learn how to solve world’s most pressing issues by using…

Board meeting of Social Business Students Forum (SBSF) held on March 27, 2017 at the Banquet Hall of Daffodil International University. The meeting was presided over by Masud Ibn Rahman, Director, Yunus Social Business Centre Daffodil International University where Hasan Ali,President, Ageing Support Forum Bangladesh joined the meeting as the special attendee. The meeting was moderated by Kazi Mesbah Ur Rahman, Founding President, SBSF. Faisal Bin Abul Kasem, President, SBSF welcomed all the attendees in…

2nd Edition of DIU Social Business Design Lab was held on March 30, 2017 at the Banquet Hall of Daffodil International University (DIU). The lab was jointly organized by Yunus Social Business Centre, DIU and Social Business Students’ Forum (SBSF). The Design Lab was inaugurated with the welcome speech of Mr. Hamidul Haque Khan, Treasurer, DIU. The lab was presided over by Professor Dr. Yousuf Mahbubul Islam, Honorable Vice Chancellor, DIU and moderated by Masud…

Certificate awarding ceremony of Social Business Course offered by Social Business Centre, Daffodil International University held on 27 March 2017 at Grameen Bank Auditorium, Mirpur Dhaka. Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus who is the Father of Social Business & Micro-credit handed over the certificate among the students. Students who completed the course and got certificate are, MD.Arshadul Haque Sakib Zaman Khan Md.Shahin Uddin Obaidur Rahman Chowdhury Mohamed Abdirazak Mohamed Omar Ahmed Omar Foysal Ahmed Taz…

The whole world is ageing including Bangladesh, (present life expectancy is 70.3 years) it is high time we took steps to keep our 1 crore and 30 lac ageing population better. An inter-generational linkage is necessary to meet the challenge of an ageing population. We also need to sensitize the community on AGEING and its challenges. In this notion the Youth Summit on Ageing 2017 has been arranged. The summit consisted of Inauguration Session, Inter-generational…

His Excellency, Benoit-Pierre Laramee, High Commissioner of Canada to Bangladesh ( High Commission of Canada to Bangladesh ), handed over the awards and certificates to Daffodil International University students team ‘PediCare’ through a colorful program held at the university auditorium on February 15, 2017 who recently won the 2nd prize in a ‘social business creation competition” organized by HEC Montréal’s Social Business Centre (1DEOS) in Canada in collaboration with the The Grameen Creative Lab, Germany….

The 1st DIU Social Business Design Lab organized by Social Business Centre, Daffodil International University (DIU) took place on 30th January 2017 at the Conference Room of Daffodil Business Incubation Building .The Design Lab was chaired by Mr. Md. Sabur Khan, Chairman, BoT,DIU. Special attendees include Mr. Hamidul Haque Khan, Treasurer, DIU, Major General Jiban Kanai Das (Retd) Country Director, Sir William Beveridge Foundation, Mr. Nasir Uddin Ahmed Assistant Commissioner (Retd) Customes, Excise and VAT,…